# What is the OSI model? - Host: [jvns.ca](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/jvns.ca/) - Saved: May 13, 2021 (2021-05-13T10:59:48Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/82ef5955cd49/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/82ef5955cd49.json ## What Jamie wrote I've attempted to use the OSI model to solve complex problems in other technical domains and it has never worked very well. The takeaway I got from this article is it isn't even that great at the problem it is advertised to describe! 🤦‍♂️ ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT186: Weekly Thing #186 / Blockchain, Pairing, Sharding](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/186/), Recommended Links ## Same host - [Firecracker: start a VM in less than a second](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7c58a859cf9e/) (jvns.ca, January 27, 2021) - [Things your manager might not know](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0edb8e718fec/) (jvns.ca, March 4, 2021) - [Blog about what you've struggled with](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9835025eade8/) (jvns.ca, May 27, 2021) - [DNS doesn't "propagate"](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f1722a8c33ef/) (jvns.ca, December 7, 2021) - [Reasons for servers to support IPv6](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/349993edfa1e/) (jvns.ca, February 1, 2022) ## Saved the same week - [Why sharding is great: demystifying the technical properties](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/69d49ff2e091/) (vitalik.ca, May 13, 2021) - [A New Hope (for Gas Price) | Etherscan Blog](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2e0f279f0fb2/) (medium.com, May 13, 2021) - [Introducing the Medical Record | 1Password](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e3be189c43bd/) (blog.1password.com, May 13, 2021) - [Earth Restored — Toby Ord](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7fb796d71d71/) (tobyord.com, May 13, 2021) - [A hybrid approach to work — The Keyword — Google](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1980089e5754/) (blog.google, May 13, 2021) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/05/11/what-s-the-osi-model-/